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USGS usp000hrz2

25 Dec 2010, 23:20

133 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 133 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu?

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-19.648000, 168.014000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hrz2
Coordinates
-19.648, 168.014
Network
us
Significance
400